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Managing your Loan Star Managing your Loan Star Libraries Grant Part 3Libraries Grant Part 3

Managing your Loan Star Managing your Loan Star Libraries Grant Part 3Libraries Grant Part 3

Wendy ClarkWendy ClarkJennifer JustusJennifer Justus

Texas State Library and Archives Texas State Library and Archives Commission Commission

What we’ll cover

• Grant Data Reporting• Completing Year-End

reports• Preparing for the Next

Funding Cycle

Grant Reports

• Performance—reports numbers (outputs) along with a narrative description of activities

• Financial—reports how the grant budget was spent

• Equipment (only required if you purchased items listed as equipment in grant budget)

• Revisions (only required if you need to change the way grant funds are allocated)

Performance Report Tips

Yes!• Report items

received not those on order

• Use accurate counts from an auditable record

• Track users for items or services purchased with grant funds

No!• Reporting entire

population served • Report ‘no activity’

every report period• Try to report a

number for items like furniture; enter a zero

Performance Reporting

• Report the number of items received; base that number on a documented count (# of books received).

• The number of times items circulate is good info. to report in the narrative section but not a statistical measure.

Performance Reporting

• Report the number of persons served; base that number on a documented count (# of people in attendance at program).

• The number of people using a service, such as a database or computer purchased with grant funds, must be reported

Performance Reporting

• Each report is discrete; report numbers for that period only

• However, if you forgot to report a number from a previous quarter you can add it in; but you must explain that in the report

Performance Reporting

• Method of measurement=how did you come up with the number?

• Justification? What source did you use to come up with that number (shipping list, count from your ILS, head count, sign-in sheet)?

Completing Grant Completing Grant ReportsReports

Completing Grant Completing Grant ReportsReports

Reporting Requirements Reporting Requirements

and Processand Process

• GMS:online grant management system (GMS) used for grant applications and reporting.

• https://gms.tsl.state.tx.us/

Grant Management System

Performance Report

Performance Report—opening page

Performance Report

Performance Report

Performance Report – materials

Performance Report - materials

Performance Report - persons served

Performance Report - library staffing

Performance Report - narrative questions

Grant revisions

A grant revision is needed:If you need to move $ into a zero

budget category If the total amount of $ you need to

move exceeds 10% of grant fundsIf you need to dramatically change

what you want to do with grant funds

Grant revisions

A grant revision should :Be completed prior to reallocating

fundsIf making multiple revisions, track

your budget so you know where you are

Grant Revision

Grant Revision

Grant Revision

Grant Revision

Financial Reports

Required Financial Reports:

Request For Funds (RFF) – Over 50KFinancial Status Reports (FSR) Equipment Report – Only if grant

funds are budgeted in the equipment category

GMS Homepage

Final RFF

Final RFF

Final RFF

RFF Tips Only applies to Loan Star grantees with an

award amount over 50K Instruction link at top of form will provide

step by step instructions. Make sure to enter the amount of

expenditures for the grant term, not just the period of request – GMS will calculate the current request amount

Submit a Request For Funds at least once per quarter even if you didn’t have any expenditures.

GMS Homepage

Final FSR

Final FSR

Final FSR

FSR Submitted with Errors

FSR Tips

Instruction link at top of form will provide step by step instructions.

Do not try to enter information into grayed out cells – these cells are auto filled by GMS.

Do not check Final if you have not spent all grant money and/or you haven’t received all grant money from TSLAC.

Contact myself or Wendy if you ever have any questions – We are here to help!!

Final FSR Tips• Check “Final Report” box under

Report Information• Only submit final once all funds

have been received and expended• If there is a balance that has not

been expended in excess of $25 the funds must be returned to TSLAC

Equipment Report

Equipment Report

Equipment Report

Equipment Report

Equipment Report Tips

Due no later than October 31st Only required if grant funds were

budgeted and spent in the equipment category

Fill out report for ALL equipment/property purchased with grant funds

Total of Equipment Report should be greater than or equal to the Total Cumulative Expenditures in Equipment on the Final FSR

Preparing for next year…Preparing for next year…Preparing for next year…Preparing for next year…

Grant timeline

• August—grant awards issued

• October 31—grant applications (plan of action) due

• October 31—all previous year reports due

• February 28-contracts due

• June 15—status updates due for next year’s funding

• July 31—any revisions due

• August 31—all funds encumbered/spent

• October 15-all bills paid; funds liquidated

• October 31- final deadline for report submission

Best Practices• Complete reports by

October 31 for previous cycle

• Respond to any requests TSLAC sends asking for report changes

• Use direct deposit; verify banking information

• Return your contracts as soon as possible

• Ensure the contracts are signed correctly

• Grant funds will not be sent until all previous grant reports are received.

Best Practices

• Read your contract• Put report dates on your

calendar and submit on time

• Print all submitted forms from GMS and file

• Keep copies of invoices documenting expenditures in the file

• Communicate with TSLAC staff

• Plan to collect ‘outputs’

• Track statistics carefully and realistically

• Be proactive – Always be aware of your budget, submit revisions as they arise and do not wait until the last minute to expend grant funds

Questions?Questions?Questions?Questions?

Further Further InformationInformation

Further Further InformationInformation

Wendy Clark at wendy.clark@tsl.state.tx.us

Jennifer Justus at jennifer.justus@tsl.state.tx.us

Pauline Brewer at pauline.brewer@tsl.state.tx.us